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Next Status Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David F. Lambert)
Fri May 5 12:12:31 2000
Message-Id: <10005051612.AA29755@MIT.EDU>
Date: Fri, 05 May 00 12:06:52 EDT
From: "David F. Lambert" <LAMBERT@MITVMA.MIT.Edu>
To: Enterprise Printing Delivery Project Team <printdel@MIT.EDU>
Folks,
I'm a bit overdue with our status report, and my past "predictions"
regarding goals have not been as accurate as we need them to be
for our reports. Therefore, I'd like to ask that you each send
your accomplishments since the last report and goals for the next
three weeks to the printdel list. To jog your memory, I'm including
the last status report below. Please provide your input ASAP - but
no later than the end of the day on Monday. Thanks in advance!
-Dave
ps. Bulleted format preferred...
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Project Name: Enterprise Printing Delivery Project
Team Members: Kip Bruggeman, Mary Ellen Bushnell, Rocklyn Clarke
Dave Lambert, Cecilia Talamantes & Mike Whitson
Report Date: 04/03/2000
Project Notebook: http://web.mit.edu/is/delivery/enterprint/
Accomplishments for the past period:
- reached a team agreement on 'buy' vs 'build' issue; we agreed
that we would not pursue the build option if we identify
a commercial solution which:
o is "reasonably" priced
o fulfills our functional requirements
o addresses our I/T infrastructure concerns
- reached a team agreement that we would only minimally review
Xerox's PrintXchange unless IBM's IPM appears to not address our needs
- began testing IPM test environment provided by IBM; IBM agreed to
to provide source code for the clients
- received initial IPM pricing info - $20-25K for software and
$10K for server hardware
- DOST submitted a recommendation to VM-SST to replace the IBM 3827
printer with a InfoPrint60 (3160-2) printer using IBM Matching Grant
credits; real cash = $27K; one year payback in maintenance savings;
this would position us for an easier migration to IPM
- held ITIT follow up meeting with Azary, Anderson & Ferrara to
clarify issues
- continued work of defining current costs; almost completed
- updated Project Notebook with latest & greatest stuff
- wrapped up the Moore consulting work
Goals for the coming period:
- continue IPM evaluation testing
- begin negotiations to obtain server source code and/or identify next
steps for hiring IBM to port IPM for use in our Kerberos environment
- work with ITIT to "ratify" the proposed security position paper
(carry over)
- work with ITIT to address subsequent issues which arose from the
3/9 meeting
- complete the analysis of the current business model & costs
Issues:
none
Key learnings:
IPM is looking significantly less expensive than we expected.
Team dynamics:
Although there's no official notice yet, it appears Mike will be
leaving MIT in the next several weeks. Assuming this does occur,
Mike's departure will leave a big hole on the team, and he'll be
greatly missed. We'll need to reevaluate our technical staffing
needs for the remaining evaluation & implementation work.
Additional comments:
none
